Then the timekeeper uncle last time go manipulate the 179/ 179A
PM ops… really should have been able to maintain the 3 mins overops
headways during PM mealbreak…

end up real bus freq was 12 mins during PM mealbreak.. breach of
QoS…

Cos why? All anyhow manipulate, pull buses in and out… end up
dunno when is the stipulated mealbreak etc… when the bus exit so
on…

then at night.. big mess when CCA n part
time students are going home… but during this timing, timekeeper
also bo chap so no more additional buses to feed to 179
anymore…

chickenlittle2 keep on insisting 179 not profitable.. then why
SLBP bother to dispatch 179 properly on
weekend when loading is not even sustainable? Why must manipulate
the weekdays peak hr headways and must keep on get LTA people to step into the matter? SLBP people dun feel bad?

People x-fer to 157, 198… all gets screwed.. take 179 long
journey time.. but scared later really no 179A.. but if 179A
appears, the runtime might help people to save 1×198’s dispatch
[board the earlier S198 bus instead]...

You’ve better come clean with this underops and overops nonsense
before LTA opens the Bus OCC and instead of chickenlittle2 saying “SLBP will
handle it”, it’ll become “LTA will handle the matter”... and
SBST/ SLBP slapped with $100k fine

I’ve checked the e-timetable.. the last downroute is at 0803
from Jurong West St 91 [inbound bus stop]... I spotted this ghost
bus at 0810+...

LTA has stipulated that SLBP is supposed to dispatch 179A once the queue at
BNL Int is long enough because they do not
want people to be left behind at each dispatch… But the queue was
spotted to have reached Shilin Taiwan snack stall, which meant
there’s about nearly 180 pax waiting…

SLBP really disappointing… Semi express
service become slow service… Might as well dun operate.. all
operate as 179 with 30 buses at 2 mins freq… See if chickenlittle2
or SLBP later face more complains by pax at
Pioneer Rd Nth being unable to board the bus at all…

If SLBP people are looking and the took
revenge on the previous post of exposing the exam period Sat slot
matter, by all means go ahead…

SLBP people totally dunno how to manage
179 at all… Today 179A properly operated, next day no bus… then
subsequent days of course more people would queue for 179 and suan
179A since SBST didn’t operate the bus
properly…

Then 4th day people queue for 179A again cos tuan by 179’s long
queue and long runtime…

No bus company in the world except SBST’s
SLBP would operate semi express buses if the
headways + runtime is slower than the normal bus.. only
SLBP is expert in this… chickenlittle2 should
be proud his SLBP is number 1 in this…

and people from NTU x-fer to 157, 174, 198
dun want to take care… Encourage everyone to alight at Pioneer,
then SBST pax make them with longer
travelling time…

Whoever who wants to use data to analyse and like chickenlittle2
keep on defending SLBP… I see how you’re
going to defend SLBP’s horrible acts…

SLBP is like SMRT’s
SPH, only think of money… Dunno how to solve
the problem… Today I’m going to expose chickenlittle2’s defence
which is all baseless… Cos SLBP dunno what’s
going on… anyhow operate the buses…

1) 179A not making money: Sometimes whenever feedback is sent
over 179A is not operated for PM peak, the subsequent few days
SLBP come with pattern… “SLBP will handle
it”... In reality SLBP know nuts about demand
management…

Sometimes when the email is sent, SLBP
next day chut pattern… Sometimes schedule the 179A to be bunching
up [2x] dispatched together from 27281… and they’ll time it to be
right behind 179 [Dun think people dunno… about tabulating
runtime]...

Some days, the 179A all starts from 27231…

I thought to begin with, 179A is 50:50 dispatch from both 27281
and 27231?

And when I mentioned about South Spine.. Next day all 179A
starts from 27231…

Let me say this la.. chickenlittle2 can deny for all he wants..
but already exposed… When I feedback to people at SBST over 179A in Aug 2010 and soon the downroute of 179A
was made.. soon SLBP act smart thinking how
come Braddell suddenly make downroute… and soon most of the 179A
start from 27231 thinking it’s a new demand?

The problem at South Spine was there for years and it only took
my suggestion for the matter to be resolved? What on earth
SLBP has been doing on the past few
years?

Only know how to manipulate things… decent things dun want to
follow and do…

3) Exam Sat slot: There was once 179A was operated on Sat.. But
SLBP went on to chut pattern… BNL Timekeeper tell people 179A not operated on the 2nd
slot from Boon Lay.. only downroute from NTU…

Tell people the poster printed wrongly… Big liar!

Nonsense! I checked with people at Braddell and verified
SLBP chut pattern… End up company dispatched
the bus to waste by SLBP… No wonder
chickenlittle2 keep on saying 179A not making money.. cos anyhow
operate…

End up next time, thanks to the slow clearance.. people began
queuing for 179… Next thing which I’m not surprised, people along
Pioneer Rd Nth found it hard to board the bus.. Even at 0830, the
boarding mess and underops was still there… Exam was supposed to
start at 0900…

Yeah now 179 very profitable.. but people late for exam… And
I’ve followed up this matter to LTA…

BusAnalyser can say 179 more dispatch… But does he saw what
happened at Boon Lay? End up the bottleneck was at Boon Lay cos
nearly everyone alighted at Boon Lay today for some MRT trips…

and like I’ve said.. SLBP dunno how to
operate 179… 179A runtime is so much shorter, can turnaround faster
with deploying lesser buses…

But only think of “profits”... squeezing people… bus tiao at
Pioneer Rd Nth as BC try to get as many people to board [upper deck
still got some seat though]... lambat here, lambat there..

people late for exam…

As mentioned, have already highlighted this matter to
LTA… See what chickenlittle2 still want to
talk big about profit and loss…

1) If the MRT breaks down at Joo Koon,
leaving with EWL trains turning around at
Boon Lay… May I know what’s the contingency plan? How are
passengers going to be quickly dispersed out of the congested
Pioneer Stn bus stop?

Say people anti SMRT this and that, then
when MRT breakdown… Maybe the next thing go
and ask why no shuttle bus, how come not enough bus to clear the
crowd…

negotiable can suggest something? Since you think I’m talking
with no logic?

2) The incident where the BC took no heed to wait for the
alighting pax… The BC still has the right to scold passengers for
not alighting quickly.

Made matters worst, all the buses were operated as 179… Many of
the buses fly stop at 27231 and 27251 except for alighting.

Do people know how SLBP timekeeper used to
make people squeeze on 179A during AM peak ops? Squeeze until the
exit door of LO3x has problem closing! People even had problems
alighting as there was people with no choice standing on the
staircase leading to the upper deck.

3) S241 BC flouting traffic rule,
S179 BC stopping at 27211’s zig zag line
whenever S179A is not operated, buses
alighting pax at Pioneer Stn by parking along the road beside the
S179 buses inside the bus stop bay… All these
are condoned?

4) S179A is not profitable. Chickenlittle2
is eating his own words. Many of the overoperated S179 are not even taking in pax into NTU with 10% loading factor. Why I’m saying 10% is
because of the losses…

The S179 bus is incurring runtime into
NTU and yet it only collects some $0.80 – $2…
Can this cover the additional time incurred in relation to manpower
cost?

Chickenlittle2 is better off working in the NTUC Fairprice. Because hearsay is that NTUC realised by running 24 hrs it’s not able to cover
the additional cost [additional revenue cannot cover the cost
incurred to run 24 hrs]... Since chickenlittle2 know how to defend,
I think NTUC or Sheng Siong would like him,
with knowing how to come with pattern to increase revenue at all
cost..

Oh God. Again discussion on 179/179A. Full fleet DD with 28
buses. Not enough? Still want to complain. Frequency of 3-4 mins.
Still want to complain. If one bus goes full, next bus right behind
and can get a place to sit. Still want to complain!!!

Excuse me... Bus is not even operated to begin with... Your other
bus route, they anyhow come you can accept or not? Not about the
frequency... It's how they dispatch the bus... Still want to defend
over-ops.. If there's RTA, I see how they going to write the duty
code of the bus involved..

Every bus of 179 takes at least 65-70 pax during AM peak with
frequency of 03-05 mins. Again, can be more depending on certain
timings. Clearly why they over-operate 179 compared to 179A.

Eh... There are certain timebelt 2x S179A = 1x S179 dispatch...
Which is why the stipulated freq is 3 - 6 mins. But in any case,
there's still people who would take 179 from Boon Lay during AM
peak... All thanks to what the timekeepers did in the past...
Purposely make the 179A queue very long.. ask people to squeeze
more.. then the pax who still cannot board.. make them wait another
10 mins for next bus... The squeeze until during LO3x era.. people
can't even alight the bus at the first few bus stops inside NTU...
Incur all the additional and waste runtime.. Then 179
over-operate... You can ask around people and they'll tell you SBST
operating 179A is a joke.. sometimes no bus at all one... In the
first place... SLBP people dunno how to manage high demand routes
actually.. squeeze this squeeze that... lambat here, lambat
there... dunno how to make the bus quickly turnaround and make sure
the semi express variant is really semi express... If SLBP still
want to play this.. Might as well they dun operate 179A at all..
All the PM peak 23 buses run as 179 since they like to collect all
the 10c and 20c inbound DBTF... Then freq is at 2.5 mins per bus...
Then see later South Spine people will complain or not... 7pm - 8pm
mealbreak period S179 still cannot clear the crowd... Then at BNL
boarding bay... 243G BC will get tulan or not... You make money is
by making things efficient.. which is the schedulers job... Not
going around chut pattern, delay this and that...

In HK a lot of the peak hour special buses also has to incur
dead mileages like 301, 43P…

But people are still operating the buses because this
arrangement is better than implementing an return leg that makes no
sense to run. Quickly turnaround make another trip on another
service already [for likes of 43P].

As for what timetabling issues, it’s all based on
estimation…

End up now 179… SLBP likes to collect all
the 10c, 20c than properly operating the main demand during the PM
peak which cost 73c to 103c.

1st time yours truly see people earn revenue by seeing the 10c,
20c business…

In the first place, what’s on the e-guide is 5 – 7 mins for
S179 during the PM peak.

Yet today, I still see S179 running at 4
mins.. The next thing was the brunching S179
blocking the road at 27211 because the 2nd bay is occupied by
internal shuttle or S179A… That S179 bus was holding up traffic for some 1.5 mins…

Then BC still want to stop inside zig zag line even after he has
already signalled intension to move off… That began my suspicion…
How come BC so nice, heck care abt traffic rule to pick up pax…
Obviously SLBP manipulating bus schedule
again…. only 179 plying 27211…. might as well pick up since next
bus is 179 which would end up full… lor…

The best is.. some S179 trips even entered
NTU empty! Pioneer Rd Nth no passenger to
bring in… So how now… Incur runtime and still no pax?

The average over-operated S179 was about
5% loading into NTU… That’s like giving only
some $0.80 of fare on average…. The outbound was full, average
taking should be around $88… That’s with 55 mins of total
runtime…

The S179A corresponding trip took up about
90 passengers with taking at around $85 also… 42 mins of
runtime…

As for the data… Dun tell me what OSA..
The figure was given by LTA via corp comms…
So dun jump into conclusion that all these info are sensitive… It’s
all given openly…

As for negotiable… Baseless allegation… Alrdy there’s 2
incidents of MRT BLE breaking down during the
S179A PM peak slot within 1 month… Dun tell
me there’s totally no loading/ bus stop mess happened at Pioneer
Stn where pax of overoperated S179 alight… to
find themselves to fight with those originally stranded at Pioneer
for a bus to Boon Lay…

This problem is compounded w/ all the factory buses,
NTU shuttle bus pax.. All would be fighting
for spaces on 179, 241, 255 & 257.

It’s just like what happened at Bishan Stn in Dec 2011 when the
NSL broke down… The CCL
kept on feeding people… The next thing within 20 mins, the Bishan
Rd northbound bus stop crowd had spilled over to the left lane…

Furthermore, anti SMRT? Then explain why
LTA simply is not re-routing 182 into Joo
Koon Stn or Pioneer Stn right now? People work so far, they should
be given access to nearest MRT Stn
instead!

There’s NTU students who has to do IA at
Tuas South… So why no one is suggesting to LTA get 182 to ply Pioneer Stn instead?

Weekends and evening peak foreign workers alot. Mostly, i dun
see many locals on board as i go to sengkang west frequently from
serangoon. I think the load u are referring to is the ppl working
in seletar area. Most of them alight at jalan kayu roundabout and
some proceed on to YCK rd to xfer buses.

I think you still dun get it that there's Fernvale flats that has
completed and people have begun residing... that's right beside Jln
Kayu...

But most of its load comes from the foreign workers residing in
the dormitories located at seletar farmway 2. There is the LRT
which most residents prefer to commute to their workplace instead
of taking 103 and change to MRT again.

MRT/ LRT is not everything.. Some people might be taking 103 to
somewhere along YCK Rd to x-fer to another bus? I've ever took a
ride on 103 recently.. That trip happens to be mostly locals
onboard along the main Jln Kayu